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2026 Illinois House race, District 8

Melissa Bean (Democrat) and Jennifer Davis (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Illinois District 8, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Illinois State Board of Elections.

The November ballot

Bean
$2.1M
Davis
$1.5M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Official candidate list: Illinois State Board of Elections. Not a prediction.

The seat

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2017 · Age 53

Not on the November ballot

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How to vote in Illinois

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 28 days before (16 days if online), or same-day through Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 70,518 votes

  • Melissa Bean Won: 31.6% 22,279
  • Junaid Ahmed: 26.9% 18,954
  • Dan Tully: 12.6% 8,906
  • Yasmeen Bankole: 9.6% 6,752
  • Kevin Morrison: 9.0% 6,377

3 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Illinois State Board of Elections proclaimed primary results. Certified April 17, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$11M
Outside money
$6.4M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Bean$5.5M
Opposing Bean$60K
Supporting Davis-
Opposing Davis-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $873K of the race's $6.4M was spent on candidates not listed here.

Where each candidate's money comes from

1%$26KSmall donors$31K2%
69%$1.4MLarge donors$431K29%
13%$276KPACs$14K<1%
16%$323KSelf-funding$1M68%
1%$21KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 16 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

12 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
747K
Median household income
$100K
Unemployment
4.5%
Living below the poverty line
7.4%
Without health insurance
7.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+14 in 2024

  • Raja Krishnamoorthi Won: 57.1%
  • Mark Rice: 42.9%

303,073 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.